The Golden Lobes honour the hilarious podcasts and people that keep us laughing week after week. After three successful years of Cheerful Earful attracting sold-out live audiences and top-tier comedy podcast talent, this new awards night continues the festival’s mission: to celebrate, champion, and connect the vibrant world of funny podcasts.

Who can enter?

While The Golden Lobes focus on comedy and entertainment, podcasts of any genre from around the globe are encouraged to enter. Whether it’s a laugh-out-loud blooper from a true-crime podcast or an off-the-cuff tangent in a history show, the awards embrace humour wherever it’s found.

For just £25, creators can submit entries in one or multiple categories, with submissions capped at five minutes to keep things simple and focused on creativity.

“Awards can often be a last-minute hassle,” says Cheerful Earful founder Giles Gear. “The Golden Lobes have been designed with podcasters in mind – affordable, straightforward, and stress-free. We’re incredibly grateful to our headline partner, Adelicious, whose generous support, along with contributions from other industry leaders, has made this possible.”

“Comedy podcasts bring joy to millions, and it’s about time they finally got the recognition they deserve, with their own dedicated awards,” says Andrew Goldsmith, CEO of Adelicious. “The diversity and creativity within the comedy podcast space is incredible, and Adelicious is proud to support the Golden Lobes and join them to celebrate the best in the industry.”

Audience at Cheerful Earful

Award categories

• Best Blooper – Hilarious moments that didn’t make the final cut
• Best Tangent – Off-topic rants and digressions that stole the show
• Grower, Not a Shower, supported by Mercury – Indie podcasts that started small but grew big
• Best Social, supported by Podshop – Podcasts with the best viral and meme-worthy moments
• Funniest Student Podcast – Recognising the next generation of comedy talent
• Best Guest – A guest who made a huge impact, regardless of celebrity status
• Best Listener Moment, supported by Audio UK – Unforgettable call-ins, confessions, or emails
• Earworm Award – The catchiest, funniest theme tune or jingle
• Best Live Podcast, supported by PodLife Events – Celebrating podcasts that shine in front of live audiences
• Best Scripted Show, supported by Podomedy – Honouring comedy podcasts where writing leads the way
• Best Artwork, supported by Louie Hayman Design – Podcast covers that grab attention and stand out
• The Listener Lobe, supported by Adelicious – The fan-favourite award, where the public has their say
• The Big Ears Award, supported by Adelicious – The funniest podcast of the year

Cheerful Earful festival

What’s in it for the winners?

The Golden Lobes don’t just hand out trophies – winners take home a bucket-load of meaningful perks, including:

• A bespoke Golden Lobe trophy
• A custom-designed, year-stamped digital badge
• A one-year Auphonic S Plan subscription with exclusive discount codes for all nominees
• A one-year British Comedy Guide Pro subscription
• Discounted access to Podshop’s studio services for all nominees and winners
• A year’s free Creator Membership from Audio UK
• A free bottle of fizz from The Clapham Grand to toast your win
• Two free tickets to any event at The Clapham Grand over the next 12 months
• And last, but not least, the winners will be celebrated with a spotlight here on the Pod Bible website!

The Awards Night

The awards ceremony will take place on Wednesday 7th May 2025 at the iconic Clapham Grand in London.

“There is nowhere more suitable for a Global award ceremony than Clapham Junction,” says Ally Wolf, Venue Manager of The Clapham Grand, “Home of Europe’s busiest train station (by trains passing through, not customers) and of course us, The Clapham Grand – an International Palace of Worldwide Variety.”

How to enter

Entries are open from today and close at 11:59 PM on 15th March 2025.
For more information and to enter, visit https://podlifeawards.com/about/the-golden-lobes-2025!

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So this year, here are a few tips that you may want to add to your own agenda:

1. Why Audiences Respond to Comedy Podcasts – with Dan Schreiber, Luisa Zissman, Paul Chowdry and Chris Lander
Wednesday 11.30am – The Studio Stage

In this panel discussion, Global’s Head of Comedy Podcasts Chris Lander unpacks new research into audience attitudes to comedy podcasts with a stellar panel of comic talent. Pod Bible coverstar Dan Schreiber of No Such Thing As A Fish who will no doubt be giving a nod to his new show We Can Be Weirdos.

2. Evolutions in True Crime and Investigative Journalism
Wednesday 1pm – Gallery Stage

This sounds like a fascinating discussion for fans of Serial and all the excellent true crime pods that have followed. What are the new directions, innovations and ethical considerations in this space? What does the future of the genre look like? Panellists are set to include Matthew Shaer of Campside Media, Alexi Mostrous of Tortoise Media and David Waters of Novel.

3.  Duos In Podcasting: How to Not Get Professionally Divorced
Wednesday 3.15pm – The Origin Theatre

As someone who has spent years writing and speaking about breakups, both the personal and professional kind, this title really caught my eye. How do you keep a podcast partnership going even when you’re driving each other mad? Roman Kemp interviews podcasting duos Sam Thompson and Pete Wicks (Staying Relevant) plus Adeola Patronne and Mariam Miss (Pressed) to find out.

4. Pod Bible Live – Creating a Community and Network Around Indie Podcasts
Thursday 11.30am – Talking Podcasts ‘Creator 1’

Come and see Pod Bible Digital Editor Fran Turauskis quizzing Kobi Omenaka (cofounder of Stripped Media and host of Flixwatcher, Simple Politics and The Wire Stripped), Tom Dark (Head of Darkside Media, ex Head of Podcast Promotions at Warner Records and host of Monkey Tennis – The Alan Partridge Podcast) and yours truly all about building networks and communities around our podcasts.

5.  A Podcaster’s Manifesto: How Pod Save the U.K. Can Change the World
Thursday 2.15pm – The Origin Theatre

Crooked Media, who launched Pod Save America in the wake of a certain President Trump’s inauguration, have teamed up with Reduced Listening and Nish Kumar to tackle our political landscape head on. Nish will share his view on political podcasting and how the medium can create change.

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In between sessions, don’t forget to visit the Pod Bible stand (Stand J13) to say hello to the team and pick up copies of the latest issue and back catalogue.

There’s hundreds of stalls to visit including Pod Bible Lead Partner Audible, and Media Partners Stak and Auddy. And if last year is anything to go by, the Spotify stand should be worth a visit to see what treats and goodies they have up their sleeve. (Last year they offered personalised tote bags – printed on demand with your pod art – and signature juices to provide welcome rehydration for frazzled podcasters…)

Enjoy the show!

The Podcast Show is the biggest international festival for the business of podcasting and will bring together thousands from
the global podcast community under one roof. Day passes are still on sale and extra 10% off selected passes when you use the code “PODBIBLE” until 22nd May.

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Festival organiser Nina Robinson sent us over a few words on her own Festival experience:

“I’m genuinely overwhelmed at the response to the Podcast Festival, so many people who I don’t know have been emailing and contacting me to say how useful they found the day and that it was really valuable and inspiring. For me there were so many highlights, you can watch the opener recorded by Hamza Syed of the Trojan Horse Affair Podcast here and the keynote speech by Sangeeta Pillai here.

Hamza Syed from the Serial Productions show The Trojan Horse Affair phoned in from New York

The decolonising podcasting conversation was a real eye-opener and I think it’s a conversation that is ground-breaking and important as the panellists gathered, brought their own unique and immensely insightful observations about what is going on in terms of power structures and dynamics which fit the same old colonial models designed to keep large sections of people OUT. Marcus Ryder MBE, Jade Benn from Stormzy’s Merky Books and Shelina Janmohamed whose news & current affairs podcast The Shelina Show on GlobalPlayer is brilliant.

Thanks to all those who took part – special mention to workshop leads Lisa Hack, Roifield Brown and Ninna Makrinov and the crew – the video team, Dylan Hayward, the PodFest ambassadors and our brilliant audio wizard who ensured everything ran super smooth, Pete Crowther. Hopefully see you all next year!”

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This was the first time I’ve attended, so I thought I’d give a little overview of my experience as a first-timer for others who might not be familiar with the event.

Production Company of the Year – Reduced Listening – courtesy of Audio UK

This is the twelfth year of the awards, presented by Audio UK, and the event is a true awards-ceremony atmosphere. Fizzy wine and mocktails were available at the entrance. The space for mingling had a bar, DJ and lights that certainly made for a party-feeling, but did make it difficult to speak to people. Walking through the space, groups of people were excitedly catching up. Attending by myself, there was the slight panic of being in a crowd I did not know.

Luckily, Pod Bible has given me enough connections to recognise a few faces (shout out to Naomi from The International Women’s Podcast Awards, and Imriel from Content is Queen in particular!) and a few other people I know from freelancing. This event would have been very overwhelming if I was completely new to audio. For any solo or indy podcasters thinking of attending next year, I would suggest trying to connect with people before the event.

A highlight of the evening was Lily Ames and Laura Blake’s acceptance speech for the Audio UK Award. Hearing more about how Lily set-up the UK Audio Network (UKAN) was so interesting (UKAN has been so valuable for me personally pivoting to the audio industry from a very different background.) But they also used the speech to highlight the anti-trans podcast being nominated at the 2022 ARIAS.

AudioUK Award. – Lily Ames, UKAN, Laura Blake – courtesy of Audio UK

The need for greater action on inclusion, diversity and safeguarding was an aspect picked-up at a few points. The winners of the Production Company of the Year, Reduced Listening, also used their speech for this, and I noted a few winners mentioning going freelance so that they could create the work they couldn’t create in established media giants.

But it is also great to see the successes from grassroots initiatives working in the DEI space – Sarah Myles’ RISE & SHINE was mentioned more than once, and the winner of Best Entertainment Producer (and Pod Bible columnist!) Meera Kumar thanked the Multitrack Fellowship for her break into the industry.

Best Entertainment Producer – Meera Kumar – courtesy of Audio UK

Carousel Radio were the winners of the Grassroots Production award, and used their acceptance speech to talk about the importance of having media for and by people with learning disabilities. And I loved seeing Best Narrator go to Tracy Wiles for her work on Fits and Starts by Franziska Thomas for my own reasons.

The Audio Production Awards were such a good insight to audio production as an industry – both as it is now, and how it could be in the future. Congratulations to all the winners!

The Winners:

Best Arts & Culture Producer

GOLD – Geoff Bird (Freelance)
SILVER – Steven Rajam (Overcoat Media)
BRONZE – Lyndsay Fenner & Victoria Lloyd (Storyglass)

Nominees

Hannah Dean (Falling Tree Productions)
Hannah Hufford (BBC Audio)
Victoria Ferran  (Just Radio)

Best News & Current Affairs Producer

GOLD – James Shield (The Times and The Sunday Times)
SILVER – Taryn Siegel (The Times and The Sunday Times)
BRONZE – Ruth Abrahams (Freelance / The Guardian)

Nominees

Ant Adeane (Freelance)
Daniel Rosney (BBC Newsbeat)
Edward Drummond (The Times and The Sunday Times)

Best Entertainment Producer

GOLD – Meera Kumar – (Freelance)
SILVER – Adem Waterman (Absolute Radio)
BRONZE – Lorna Skingley (7digital)

Nominees

Lucy Dearlove (Storyglass)
Ore Olukoga (TBI Media)
Victoria Ferran (Just Radio)

Best New Producer sponsored by BBC Sounds

GOLD – Redzi Bernard (Falling Tree Productions)
SILVER – Julian Maclurg (Freelance)
BRONZE – Pippa Smith (Novel)
HIGHLY COMMENDED – Talia Augustidis (Message Heard)

Nominees

Charlotte North (Whistledown)
Rufaro Faith Mazarura (Audio Always)

Best Presenter sponsored by The Podcast Show

GOLD – Danny Robins (Bafflegab Productions)
SILVER – John Sweeney (Chalk and Blade)
BRONZE – Claudia Winkleman (TBI Media)

Nominees

Axel Kacoutié (Falling Tree Productions)
Elis James and John Robins (Audio Always)
Rob Beckett (TBI Media)

Best Factual Producer sponsored by In:Quality

GOLD – Axel Kacoutié
SILVER – Joshua Kelly (The Guardian)
BRONZE – Eva Krysiak (Freelance)

Nominees

Kate Taylor (Audible)
Redzi Bernard (Falling Tree Productions)
Russell Finch (Wondery)

Best Sports Producer

GOLD – Chessie Bent (TBI Media)
SILVER – Olly Clink (talkSPORT)
BRONZE – Joel Grove (Guardian News and Media)
HIGHLY COMMENDED – Isabel Minter (talkSPORT)

Nominees

Adonis Pratsides (The Athletic)
Christian Hewgill (BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat)

Gethin Thomas Award for Best Comedy Producer

GOLD – Matt Thomas (Audio Always)
SILVER – Gus Beattie (Gusman Productions)
BRONZE – David Tyler (Pozzitive)

Nominees

Ed Morrish (Lead Mojo Productions)
Gwyn Rhys Davies (BBC Studios)
Kurt Brookes (Made In Manchester)

Best Music Producer

GOLD – Arthur Hagues (Prison Radio Association)
SILVER – Jack Howson
BRONZE – Katie Callin (Reduced Listening)

Nominees

Helen Weatherhead (Audio Always)
Keana Bernard (BBC Audio)
Nate Goodman (We Are Grape)

Best Audiobook Producer

GOLD – Laura-Leigh Smith (String and Tins for Audible)
SILVER – Chris Thompson (Penguin Random House)
BRONZE – David Beck (Wireless Theatre for Audible)
HIGHLY COMMENDED – Lily Ridett (Freelance)

Nominees

Kathleen Moroney (Red Apple Creative for Audible)
Tanya Hougham (HarperCollins Publishers)

Best Narrator

GOLD – Tracy Wiles (Almost Tangible)
SILVER – Julie Hesmondhalgh (HarperCollins)
BRONZE – Tom Alexander (HarperCollins)
HIGHLY COMMENDED – Minnie Driver (Bonnier Books UK)

Nominees

Andy Serkis (HarperCollins)
Kristin Atherton (Penguin Random House)

Best Lifestyle & Society Producer (NEW) sponsored by BetterHelp

GOLD – Lina Prestwood (Scenery Studios)
SILVER – Sangeeta Pillai (Soul Sutras)
BRONZE – Andrew Gold (On the Edge with Andrew Gold)

Nominees

Anouszka Tate (Freelance)
Selina Ream (Somethin’ Else)
Sylvie Carlos (Unedited)

Best Ensemble Cast

GOLD – Joelah, Keke & DJ Silk (1Xtra’s Throwback Party)
SILVER – Kat Anderson & Natalia Anderson (Expat Immigrant Podcast)
BRONZE – Helen Brown, Terri Sweeney, Emma Goswell & Beena Khetani (Effin Hormones)

Nominees

Elis James &. John Robins (Audio Always)
Kim Davis & Raffaella Coleman (The Scene)
William Hanson & Jordan North (Audio Always)

Best New Voice sponsored by BBC Sounds

GOLD – Lianne Sanderson (talkSPORT)
SILVER – Cara McGoogan (The Telegraph)
BRONZE – Talia Augustidis (Message Heard)

Nominees

Afrodeutsche (Reform Radio)
Lily Baldwin (Audible)
Peter Waring (Whistledown)

Best Branded Sound Producer

GOLD – Luke Berry (BBC Popular Music Station Sound)
SILVER – Adam Venton (Little Monster Media)
BRONZE – Chris Nicoll (WIZZFX)

Nominees

Ali Rezakhani (BBC Sounds)
Kenny Southavy (ReelWorld)
Sam Parker (WIZZFX)

Best Sound Design Producer

GOLD – Axel Kacoutié (Freelance)
SILVER – Benbrick
BRONZE – Kit Milsom (Mags Creative)

Nominees

Hannah Dean (Falling Tree Productions)
John Wakefield (Audible)
Steve Urquhart (Freelance)

Best Drama & Fiction Producer

GOLD – Andrew Mark Sewell (B7 Media)
SILVER – Barnaby Eaton-Jones & Ian Haig (Idea Hat Productions)
BRONZE – Melanie Harris (Sparklab Productions)

Nominees

Celia de Wolff (Pier Productions)
Jacqueline Rayner (Big Finish Productions)
Nicolas Jackson (Afonica)

AudioUK Award

UK Audio Network (UKAN)

Grassroots Production Awards sponsored by The Podcasting Seriously Awards Fund

GOLD – Carousel
SILVER – Vic Elizabeth Turnbull (MIC Media)
BRONZE – Modus Arts (Tape Letters)

Nominees

Boz Temple
Morris & Fin Kennedy (The Waves)
Miranda Rae (Afrikan Queens)
Steve Urquhart (Doing Bird)

The Sustainability Award (NEW)

GOLD – The Long Time Academy (Scenery Studios 8)
SILVER – Lucia Scazzocchio (Wild Eye)
BRONZE – Resonance FM

Nominees

Jo Kennedy & Cathy Shaw (Nature Tripping)
Loftus Media (Funghi: The New Frontier)

Reform Radio Producer of the Year (NEW)

GOLD – Steve Urquhart (Freelance)
SILVER – Hana Walker-Brown (Broccoli Productions / Freelance)
BRONZE – Jon Holmes (unusual)
HIGHLY COMMENDED – Jack Howson

Nominees

Hannah Dean (Falling Tree Productions)
Victoria Ferran (Just Radio)

Publisher or Network of the Year (NEW)

GOLD – Resonance FM
SILVER – Mags Creative
BRONZE – Fun Kids

Nominees

Crowd Network
Sky News
talkSPORT

Production Company of the Year sponsored by Radiocentre

GOLD – Reduced Listening
SILVER – Unedited
BRONZE – Whistledown

Nominees

Holy Mountain
TBI Media
We Are Grape

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What are you most looking forward to this year?

An impossible question! The London Podcast Festival is my absolute favourite time of the year. One of the things I love the most is the enormous variety of events, podcasters and guests. Where else can you see Jameela Jamil, Les Dennis, Dane Baptiste, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Louis Theroux, Tia Kofi, Mark Gatiss, Sope Dirisu, Gurinder Chadha, Nick Helm, Isy Suttie, Diana Vickers, and James Acaster on the same line-up?!

We have some of the biggest podcasts in the UK, like Beef and Dairy Network, Adam Buxton, Griefcast, Brown Girls Do it Too, Queer Talk, Drunk Women Solving Crime, No Such Thing as a Fish, Redhanded, The Guilty Feminist, Three Bean Salad Two Twos Podcast and Uncanny. So many genres and communities are represented, from Wrestling to Audio Drama, Feminism to Horror, Football, Current Affairs, True Crime, TV, and so much more.

Do you have a top tip for making the most of the festival if you’re a listener?

If there is a show you know and love on the line-up, come and see it! Not only will you get to hang out with the hosts, it’s a great opportunity to meet likeminded listeners. Come with friends, come alone – just come along! Once you’ve done that, pick something you haven’t heard of that piques your interest. Take a punt, support the podcast community and find a new favourite.

And if you’re a podcaster?

Well, not only can you network and meet some of the biggest names in the industry, we have a whole weekend of workshops and panels just for you. Whether you’re completely new to podcasting and want to know how to start, are looking for specialised classes to refine your art or inspiration from some of the most talented figures in UK and international audiomaking, the Podcast Maker Weekend has it all. The amazing programme was curated by Sarah Myles from Rise & Shine. We also have a totally free event on Podcast Subscriptions run by our festival partner Acast.

Are there any podcasts you’re currently listening to whilst you prepare?

I would never play favourites, but one of the first ever podcasts we ever booked at Kings Place was The Complete Guide to Everything who travelled to us from NYC in 2010. They came back every year until that pesky pandemic, but now that forced hiatus is over they’ll be back in London for this year’s festival. I’ve been listening to them in preparation for catching up with old friends.

That’s what I always look forward to most about the festival, seeing old pals and making new ones. We’d love to see you there too!

Tickets for The London Podcast Festival are on sale now via the Kings Place website.

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“Festivals like this are great for discovering new shows, and finding people to collaborate with. Audio still has a male bias as an industry – but that is changing, and many of the changemakers will be at the Women’s Podcast Festival!”
– Me!

The day was filled with talks, panels and workshops for and by female innovators and leaders in podcasting, audio and radio. Subjects included turning your podcast into a book with Rosie Wilby, podcasting to combat climate change, valuing and pitching your podcast, accessibility, creator burnout, marketing and much more.

Content is Queen, Women’s podcast festival @ King’s Place

I was able to attend three of the sessions myself:

This Just In – this panel featured Gemma Ware, Jude Kelly, Ellie Clifford and Nosheen Iqbal talking about how and what news is covered in podcasts. It was the perfect start for me personally wanting to get more into this area.

Is It Legal? workshop – Sandhiya Sophie Argent, a media content lawyer who works with Paper & Chain, shared useful legal advice for podcasters (I think half the people listening breathed a sigh of relief and the rest were left in a panic about contempt of court!)

Interview Techniques –  Mai Davies, Roshan Roberts, Lucia Scazzocchio, and Jo Youle gave me great techniques to elevate interviews beyond basic conversations. Mai Davies in particular blew my mind with some super specific tips for being a good interviewer!

Press Panel, Content is Queen, Women’s podcast festival @ King’s Place

The other session I witnessed was the Press Panel, with Angelica Malin, Miranda Sawyer, Clare Wright and me! I actually pitched this idea to the Content Is Queen team because I know how nice it is to get press coverage for your podcast. I get very excited whenever I see my own podcasts in newsletters and blogs (and yes, Pod Bible included!). But I also know that from the outside, many people don’t know where to start when it comes to pitching your podcast.

“I think everyone who loves podcasts or has an interest in audio needs to be at this festival, it’s a great opportunity to connect and celebrate with women who come from different backgrounds. It’s not your average podcast event.”
– Roshan Roberts

Alongside the practical advice, there was a chance to celebrate some amazing women in podcasting with a number of live shows. Masala Podcast, Baggage Reclaim Sessions and Beyond The Self.

And the Festival was truly international – as well as the event at Kings Place, there was a Global Voices stage online. It featured Global Keynote Speakers from India, Argentina, Kenya, Nigeria, USA and Taiwan.

Leanne Alie, Content is Queen, Women’s podcast festival @ King’s Place

The last session I saw before heading home was the keynote from Leanne Alie. It was great to hear how she got to be a Commissioning Producer for BBC Sounds Audio Lab, and she was transparent about the details behind creating her passion project, Coiled. But more than anything else, her talk was a affirmation to be true to yourself, and to build each other up.

“Amazing things can happen when you’re able to connect with like minded creative individuals and the best place for that for female podcasters is the International Women’s Podcast Festival. A safe space where we can connect, collaborate and work together to build the inclusive audio industry that we want to see.”
– Leanne Alie

And as a cherry on the cake, it was great to see some issues of the new Pod Bible floating around – with the perfect cover stars for this festival!

Now excuse whilst I run away to watch the things I missed…

Content is Queen, Women’s podcast festival @ King’s Place

All photography is by Will Ireland.

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Aclass: Kickstart Your Podcast will feature expertise from Acast’s dedicated podcaster team, alongside commercial and podcast producer Emily Owens Burke — whose credits include Mario Rosenstock’s Gift Grub — speaking about what goes into producing a podcast, and Caroline Foran — from Owning It: The Anxiety Podcast — who’ll share her journey to podcasting success.

Central to Acast’s mission is teaching aspiring and established podcasters everywhere how to create, launch, grow and make money from their podcasts. Since launching in 2019, Aclass sessions have been attended by more than one thousand aspiring podcasters around the world.

Susie Warhurst, SVP of Content at Acast said:

“We believe podcasters of all sizes should be able to find their voice and their audience, and to make money from their craft in the ways that suit them best. Acast’s position at the heart of the open creator economy in podcasting means we can help and support creators on every step of their podcasting journey — whether they’re just getting started, or want to take their podcast to its full potential.”

Acast’s hosting platform has everything a podcaster needs to host and grow their show, across every podcast app out there — and to make money from it, too. Visit acast.com/hosting to get started for free.

You can register to attend Aclass: Kickstart Your Podcast here. It’s taking place on Zoom on Thursday, April 29, at 6pm GMT.

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During LGBT History Month, on February 25th, Acast experts will be joined by comedian Suzi Ruffell and The Log Books producer Shivani Dave to inspire the next generation of podcasters

Aclass: Queer Voices is a free workshop for new and aspiring podcasters in the LGBTQ+ community, and it will take place on Zoom on Thursday, February 25, from 6:30 – 8:30pm GMT. Anyone can sign up now to secure a spot.

Hosted by Acast, the power source of podcasting globally, Aclass: Queer Voices is the latest in the company’s Aclass event series; created to celebrate and amplify voices from underrepresented communities in podcasting, and enable the next generation of podcasters.

The event is being held during LGBT History Month, an annual month-long celebration and observance of LGBT history, and the history of the gay rights and related civil rights movements. Acast believes podcasts are uniquely able to amplify underrepresented voices, and those that are less heard in other mainstream media. Open-to-all and with low-barriers to entry, Acast wants to encourage LBGTQ+ creators to share their story through thought-provoking conversation, interviews, comedy, history, politics, and so much more.

Joining Acast at the workshop is critically acclaimed comedian Suzi Ruffell, and host of Out With Suzi Ruffell: a podcast about the inspiring lives of LGBTQ+ people, featuring guests such as Joe Lycett, Gok Wan and Steph McGovern. As well as Shivani Dave, BBC Radio presenter and producer of The Log Books: a podcast that explores Britain’s queer history through the records from the LGBT+ helpline Switchboard, and the winner of Best New Podcast at the British Podcast Awards 2020.

Attendees will hear from successful podcasters and industry experts, who’ll be sharing their experiences of developing shows, and real-world advice for making a start in the audio industry as LGBTQ+ creators. The session will be jam-packed with tips, tricks, and thought-provoking discussions for budding podcasters to help them create and develop their own podcasts.

 Sam Shetabi, Content Director at Acast, says:

“Aclass helps us to adapt the podcast landscape for the better, by giving new podcasters the insider tips and tricks we’ve learned from years of experience supporting and nurturing audio creators. It’s especially exciting to launch our next Aclass during LGBT History Month alongside Shivani Dave from The Log Books on the panel — the show is a graduate of our very first Aclass in 2019, and we couldn’t be prouder that a podcast that celebrates Britain’s LGBT+ history earnt such incredible acclaim. Both Shivani and Suzi are outstanding creators, and we’re excited to welcome them at Aclass: Queer Voices, for LGBTQ+ storytellers to learn and be inspired.”

Aclass will take place virtually on Zoom, Thursday February 25, from 6:30 – 8:30pm GMT. To register attendance, sign up here.

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